With an eye on the upcoming general and state assembly elections due later this year, PM Modi will launch several big projects in Western Maharashtra's Solapur district. The BJP made inroads into western Maharashtra which was once a strong turf of the Congress in 2014. The visit and the launch of developmental projects are also being seen as BJP's poll campaign launch in Maharashtra.

The Congress had waited 55 months for this "ache din" electoral score-card. The recent results say BJP no more is "Shah" of elections. With a spring in her-step, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi reacted to the uprooting of three BJP governments in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh with muted joy. Pointing towards her son and Congress president Rahul Gandhi, she said: "He has worked hard."

The ruling BJP lost power in three key states of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday, dealing PM Narendra Modi his biggest defeat since he took office in 2014 and boosting the opposition ahead of national polls next year. Political analysts said the BJP's defeat would underscore rural dismay with the government and could help unite the opposition led by the Congress party.